I'd guess it would depend on the type of game. However, one model I always wondered about was opening the software while selling the content. For a role-playing or FPS, the content would be storyline, graphics, models, music, sound effects, etc. For a puzzle game, content might be levels or some such.
Years ago I had a Sun workstation that had a very nice case. It fit all the basics in a low-profile design. The CD-ROM was external, as were the extra hard drives. Back then, it was a bit of a pain as the external cases all had their own power supplies and SCSI cables were rather thick. However, the same setup would be nice today, with USB2. Drop the external power supp;ies in favor of an external 5/12-volt connector and I'd buy it. Maybe even go with laptop components and run them off the USB power. The biggest problem I'd have is the space wasting ATX PCI mounting. I miss NLX. Then again, as I recall, Sun's S-Bus stacked cards as needed. That would work better.
Strangely enough, at least for myself, I'd have to say it's easier to define computer illiteracy. You know, when you think to yourself "I wish they taught basic computer literacy in schools".
Honestly, the basics haven't changed since the GUI became commonplace. Here are a couple of things that are good to know:
The monitor is part of the computer, not the computer. It took my Mother ages to understand that turning the monitor off didn't turn the computer off.
Icons initiate actions. I have a user at work who thought all those little pictures were just to make the screen look interesting.
Automate repetition. Same user as above, he still doesn't understand cut and paste.
Remember where you saved that file. "I can't find my file" still seems to be the most common complaint.
From there you can break it down into more specific areas. For example, Internet, Office, Technical, etc. I know a lot of people consider Internet to be part of the basics. However, it is possible to be computer literate without knowing anything about the Internet. A friend of mine is a retired programmer. He definitely knows his way around his system. He has also taught me a thing or two when it comes to writing a script. However, he is not interested in the Internet. I'd hardly call him illiterate. I've also known a few of engineers that could do some truly amazing things in CAD. However, they don't have a clue when it comes to word processing.
Just a final thought, stay away from anything vendor specific. I took computer information systems in high school and college. Back then the basics were WordPerfect, dBase, and Lotus. After receiving my Associate, I realized that it was all a waste. Everyone wanted Microsoft. I wonder what they will want when my daughter graduates.
Oh, and you can strip this thing completely in less than 15 minutes. Not available from our "friends" at Dell.
I can actually strip a Dell down to nothing and have it back together in less than 10 minutes. Dell laptops are easy to take apart and put together. They are very modular and easy to repair. My complaint with them is that the cases are made of a lightweight material, too lightweight. The display easily gets bruised.
That said, what I'd like to see is a standard form factor for the motherboard. It would be nice to be able to ship a customized laptop as easily as a desktop...
Interesting links. The Wikipedia link sent me to the KDElibs for win32 page. From that page:
We are not talking about KDE Desktop for MS Windows, since this operationg system already has a native desktop.
I also followed the Google link. There are lots of pictures of Windows clones and KDE running in a NX client window. It should be noted that the link is not work safe. However, there were not any screenshots showing KDE replacing Explorer. I was just curious, and I think I have my answer...
Ah, I see. Looks like a bit of over reaction in TFA. Here is a link to the bill: [PDF]HB No. 1381 . I read through it. However, I don't see anything about pulling games from the shelf.
Burrell HB No. 1381
Abstract: Creates the crime of prohibited sale of video or computer games to minors.
Proposed law provides that an interactive video or computer game may not be sold to a
minor if the trier of fact determines all of the following:
(1) The average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that
the video or computer game, taken as a whole, appeals to the minor's morbid interest
in violence.
(2) The game depicts violence in a manner patently offensive to prevailing standards in
the adult community with respect to what is suitable for minors.
(3) The game, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific
value for minors.
Proposed law defines "interactive video or computer game" and "computer".
Proposed law provides for violations of a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000,
or imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
We need states to enact this kind of thing. The states, not the federal government. When one state does this, consumers on the borders will flee to adjoining states to buy video games.
Yes. Just look at Utah's laws against just about everything "Sinful". Utah has trouble supporting it's own educational system while encouraging it's citizens to support the educational systems in surrounding states. Go to any border town and count the Utah license plates. It makes you wonder if the border towns would exsist without Utah's sin laws.
It just means that if you don't have a drivers license that states you're over 18, you don't get to buy the game.
"The bill would allow a judge to determine if a video game is "patently offensive to prevailing standards" and if it's appealing "to the minor's morbid interest in violence." If the title meets these "criteria" the game could be ordered to be pulled from store shelves."
How does a drivers license provide a means to purchasing games that are not on the shelf?
Most ordinary PC users might be able to install some Linux distro or another. That's not even the issue. Why should they?
For my Mother, it was mainly cost. She wanted a computer to check her email, chat, and play solitaire. I had a low-end computer being used as a door stop (300MHz Celeron). However, it didn't have an OS. Joining this system with Gentoo has made her very happy, at no cost.
For my Brother, it was convenience. He has two teenage children and no understanding of computers. He had a 800MHz system running XP. About every three months he would call me up and complain about how slow the system was running. His kids were downloading all sorts of viruses, spyware, etc. Most times it was easier to just wipe the hard drive and start over. The last time this happened, he asked me to install Linux. He hasn't had a problem since.
I have yet to meet an off the shelf, home consumer piece of hardware that would not work with a Windows system. They are all designed and constructed for the purposes of usage on Windows.
My AthlonXP-based home system includes a pcHDTV HD3000 TV card, an Apple iSight video camera, and an old parallel-port scanner. It's all home-consumer hardware. None of it works in Windows. To be fair, the scanner was designed for Windows 95. However, the manufacturer never wrote a driver for XP. I still keep a Windows partition on the system for the rare time I need software that only works under Windows. Windows is always good about telling me it can't find drivers, over and over again.
I was very surprised to hear an advertisement on the TV from Dell. The surprise came from half a sentence where they list "Scalable Linux" as a selling point. Granted, the ad was for a server. However, I was thrilled just to hear mention of Linux on TV.
I've worked in the computer industry for a very long time. I've seen high-quality, innovative technologies come and go. How well a technology does has nothing to do with it's merits. It's all about marketing. That's how a piece of junk computer without real sound and poor, if any, color became the defacto standard, while superior technologies died away.
I'm not sure if you mean the movie or cartoon. However, Disney wanted Lord of the Rings, the cartoon. J.R.R. Tolkien told them no, based on Disney's inability to follow a story line.
As for any thoughts I may have on big-name vs. indie games, A few years ago my wife wanted to buy a PS2. Her main reason for wanting the PS2 over the XBox was the complete lack of casual games for the XBox. As it happened, I won an XBox in a contest. We did pick up a couple of games for it, that are never played. I put Linux on it and now all the games played on it are from indie developers. It seems to me that if the game consoles ever want to break out of the teenage market, they should embrace indie developers. With a $700 (or was it $800) price tag on the new PS3, I don't see a lot of teenagers buying the next generation systems.
Does this mean I can pull the PSU and magnetron out of an old microwave oven and build a wireless network jammer?
I don't know about dismantling your microwave oven. However, I do know that the microwave oven in my kitchen jams the connection between my AP and laptop if I get within 2' of the microwave. It also jams my cordless phone, wireless joystick, and any other device I've used near it that operates at 2.4GHz. Come to think of it, the cordless phone also jams my wireless network and joystick. It's a real pain when I'm playing a game and my wife hands me the phone. So I'd say your answer is yes.
I'm probably wrong... However, I thought the concern of "hurt the makers of Free/OSS software" was based on the fee imposed by the license. From TFA: "Anyone wanting to use the name must demonstrate their software is reasonably secure and pay a small licensing fee." Granted the article says nothing about how much this small fee is or what the terms are.
This town in Missouri is polluted as hell, and their temperature dropped 2 degrees in the past decade! Global warming? Clearly it doesn't exist!"
Hey, that's pretty cool! Now what I would like to know, how did they manage to completely localize their climate? It's no small feat to completely eliminate all outside factors.
I'd love to know how these parents make time for such games. I have three kids. From time to time I sit down and play a quick game of bzflag or gauntlet with them. However, with work, house chores, dinner, homework help, and storytime (I love reading to them), I just can't find the time. I supose it might help if my wife didn't hate technology... However, I'd still love to know how they find the time.
Last I checked, no TV shows were meant to sell toxic chemicals with the intent of human consumption.That's arguable:) However, I used Joe Camel as an example because it was one of the first experiences I had with the arguement that cartoons are only for children.
It was proven in court that the Camel cigarette advertising campaigns were targeted specifically at children. That is why they were sued. Yes, I recall the news stories of the time. They went along the lines of: Cartoons are only for children. More children can identify Joe Camel than Micky Mouse. Thus Joe Camel is marketing cigarettes to children.
Quit trolling and putting words in my mouth. I never said any of these things nor implied it. What I said is that in general, kids watch cartoons more than adults do. Nothing more, nothing less. If anything, the examples at hand (the simpsons, southpark) that I am giving imply the opposite, as they are mostly watched by older audiences.
Kids watch more cartoons than adults do. I can agree with that. However, that's not what you said. it is generally kids and not adults that watch cartoons. is saying that adults do not watch cartoons.
You can see them on HBO, at the movies, through rental stores, or often times on regular cable TV. Comedy Central regularly broadcasts the southpark movie for example, which includes lots of nudity and lots of swear words. And yes, they broadcast it completely uncensored, and all of that swearing and nudity remains fully intact in its full glory.
I'll give you SouthPark. It's a bit abstract, but does include those things. However, SouthPark is the exception, not the rule. Now for a good example of what I was talking about, look at Inu Yasha. This cartoon is heavily censored in the US, as are most anime.
As it stands in the US, you have to use bittorrent (or other P2P program) to obtain uncensored material. Of course, using these programs, you face the possibility of having the FBI arrest you for violating "Community Standards", or have the MPAA sue you for copywrite violation, despite the fact that uncensored versions are not available in a legal way in the US.
Not really. Pay channels get away with a lot more then other outlets. However, they are still subject to Community Standards. Strangley enough, Community Standards never really reflect the Community's standards. I've never really been sure how those standards are decided. However, I suspect it involves a small group of old judges and a small group of busybody home makers that have nothing better to do than knit in the legislative chambers.
The swear words being removed out of anime is solely at the discression of the publisher, and that of the network choosing to air the show. If the publisher and somebody like cartoon network wanted to, they could add those words back in and there would be no legal retribution whatsoever.
Tell that to Joe Camel. Perhaps there wouldn't be criminal charges, but I can guarantee that they would be sued.
In the American demographic, it is generally kids and not adults that watch cartoons.
Ah yes, Animation is reserved for children in the US. Any adult that enjoys animation must have something mentally wrong with them. Never mind that animation provides a simple, cheap medium for surrealistic story telling. Nevermind that the opinion that cartoons should be reserved for children didn't exist in the US until sometime in the 80s.
I get so tired of people saying that animation is just for children. It sickens me that "Think of the children" is used as a blatant excuse for mass censorship.
As it stands in the US, you have to use bittorrent (or other P2P program) to obtain uncensored material. Of course, using these programs, you face the possibility of having the FBI arrest you for violating "Community Standards", or have the MPAA sue you for copywrite violation, despite the fact that uncensored versions are not available in a legal way in the US.
Hmm, The UN wants control of the ROOT DNS servers. I supose, if they wanted, they could take down the.com top-level domain. They could also take down the.us top-level domain. However, I missed the part where they said they wanted to control all of the DNS servers, not just the top-level. With only top-level control, they couldn't take down www.yourserver.com without taking every.com domain down. Now, whoever controls the.com DNS server could take down yourserver.com. If you really wanted US control, the safe way to go would be to get a.us domain.
Except stops all your incoming traffic from people who bookmarked your URL with the domain name and them assume your site went down when it no longer works.
Does anyone know of a Firefox extension that records the IP address of bookmarks? I remember a package a while back that did this for IE. The advantage was that you didn't have to wait for DNS lookup. Everything was stored as IP numbers.
The choices of distributions and programs are boundless to the point where it confuses the consumer.
Which consumer? The qualified Unix admin installing a new server? If he's confused, I'd question his qualifications. Or do you mean home users, like my Wife, kids, or Mother? They don't seem any more confused about software choice in Linux than they were in Windows. Or are you saying that Windows doesn't have any software written for it?
Moving right along, it is also gaming industry that hinders Linux growth. The popular games like The Sims, Battlefield, Total Wars, Doom, and Madden 2k6 are not developed on Linux.
I'll agree that Linux could use a few more high-end games. It would also be nice if companies would open their source a bit when they retire a game. (My Linux-native SimCity 3000 stopped working a while back. I miss it). However, that's not really where GNU/Linux is right now. GNU/Linux has taken a large part of the server market. From there, it starts to filter into tech stations. Soon some Exec sees a Linux-based desktop and wants to know if he can replace all those licensed copies of Windows in the call center. Other department heads see it and say "Me Too!". This is where GNU/Linux is today. Now, continuing the tour; Joe Sixpack, who works in cubicle 86 and now uses Linux and OpenOffice, wants to finish up at home. He knows his way around KDE or Gnome fairly well. He talks to an IT guy about how to get Linux in his home. His teenager wants to play games, and Joe likes them too. That's when gaming will have serious attention given to it. Of course, this is just the conventional path. It's about the same one DOS/Windows used, except DOS/Windows started at the desktop. I still wonder what would happen with Linux game development if someone (like EA) came out with a Linux-based game console.
This isn't to say that Linux game development isn't aready happening. It's just early in the game. GNU/Linux already has several native games, even high-end games like Doom III. Thinking of, were you thinking of the original Doom needing Wine? Doom III runs natively. I'll even go on to say that it runs better on Linux than Windows, and doesn't require as many resources.
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I'd guess it would depend on the type of game. However, one model I always wondered about was opening the software while selling the content. For a role-playing or FPS, the content would be storyline, graphics, models, music, sound effects, etc. For a puzzle game, content might be levels or some such.
Years ago I had a Sun workstation that had a very nice case. It fit all the basics in a low-profile design. The CD-ROM was external, as were the extra hard drives. Back then, it was a bit of a pain as the external cases all had their own power supplies and SCSI cables were rather thick. However, the same setup would be nice today, with USB2. Drop the external power supp;ies in favor of an external 5/12-volt connector and I'd buy it. Maybe even go with laptop components and run them off the USB power. The biggest problem I'd have is the space wasting ATX PCI mounting. I miss NLX. Then again, as I recall, Sun's S-Bus stacked cards as needed. That would work better.
Honestly, the basics haven't changed since the GUI became commonplace. Here are a couple of things that are good to know:
From there you can break it down into more specific areas. For example, Internet, Office, Technical, etc. I know a lot of people consider Internet to be part of the basics. However, it is possible to be computer literate without knowing anything about the Internet. A friend of mine is a retired programmer. He definitely knows his way around his system. He has also taught me a thing or two when it comes to writing a script. However, he is not interested in the Internet. I'd hardly call him illiterate. I've also known a few of engineers that could do some truly amazing things in CAD. However, they don't have a clue when it comes to word processing.
Just a final thought, stay away from anything vendor specific. I took computer information systems in high school and college. Back then the basics were WordPerfect, dBase, and Lotus. After receiving my Associate, I realized that it was all a waste. Everyone wanted Microsoft. I wonder what they will want when my daughter graduates.
Oh, and you can strip this thing completely in less than 15 minutes. Not available from our "friends" at Dell.
I can actually strip a Dell down to nothing and have it back together in less than 10 minutes. Dell laptops are easy to take apart and put together. They are very modular and easy to repair. My complaint with them is that the cases are made of a lightweight material, too lightweight. The display easily gets bruised.
That said, what I'd like to see is a standard form factor for the motherboard. It would be nice to be able to ship a customized laptop as easily as a desktop...
KDE is free so you can run it on any ststem - be it Solaris, Linux, *BSD, OSX, Windows whatever.
I'm curious, has anyone ever run it on the Win32 platform, instead of Explorer?
The interesting thing is that the use the excuse of protecting minors to push these laws
Aren't there laws against the exploitation of children? It's a shame they don't seem to apply to these "For the children" types.
We need states to enact this kind of thing. The states, not the federal government. When one state does this, consumers on the borders will flee to adjoining states to buy video games.
Yes. Just look at Utah's laws against just about everything "Sinful". Utah has trouble supporting it's own educational system while encouraging it's citizens to support the educational systems in surrounding states. Go to any border town and count the Utah license plates. It makes you wonder if the border towns would exsist without Utah's sin laws.
It just means that if you don't have a drivers license that states you're over 18, you don't get to buy the game.
"The bill would allow a judge to determine if a video game is "patently offensive to prevailing standards" and if it's appealing "to the minor's morbid interest in violence." If the title meets these "criteria" the game could be ordered to be pulled from store shelves." How does a drivers license provide a means to purchasing games that are not on the shelf?
Most ordinary PC users might be able to install some Linux distro or another. That's not even the issue. Why should they?
For my Mother, it was mainly cost. She wanted a computer to check her email, chat, and play solitaire. I had a low-end computer being used as a door stop (300MHz Celeron). However, it didn't have an OS. Joining this system with Gentoo has made her very happy, at no cost.
For my Brother, it was convenience. He has two teenage children and no understanding of computers. He had a 800MHz system running XP. About every three months he would call me up and complain about how slow the system was running. His kids were downloading all sorts of viruses, spyware, etc. Most times it was easier to just wipe the hard drive and start over. The last time this happened, he asked me to install Linux. He hasn't had a problem since.
I have yet to meet an off the shelf, home consumer piece of hardware that would not work with a Windows system. They are all designed and constructed for the purposes of usage on Windows.
My AthlonXP-based home system includes a pcHDTV HD3000 TV card, an Apple iSight video camera, and an old parallel-port scanner. It's all home-consumer hardware. None of it works in Windows. To be fair, the scanner was designed for Windows 95. However, the manufacturer never wrote a driver for XP. I still keep a Windows partition on the system for the rare time I need software that only works under Windows. Windows is always good about telling me it can't find drivers, over and over again.
I was very surprised to hear an advertisement on the TV from Dell. The surprise came from half a sentence where they list "Scalable Linux" as a selling point. Granted, the ad was for a server. However, I was thrilled just to hear mention of Linux on TV.
I've worked in the computer industry for a very long time. I've seen high-quality, innovative technologies come and go. How well a technology does has nothing to do with it's merits. It's all about marketing. That's how a piece of junk computer without real sound and poor, if any, color became the defacto standard, while superior technologies died away.
I'm not sure if you mean the movie or cartoon. However, Disney wanted Lord of the Rings, the cartoon. J.R.R. Tolkien told them no, based on Disney's inability to follow a story line.
As for any thoughts I may have on big-name vs. indie games, A few years ago my wife wanted to buy a PS2. Her main reason for wanting the PS2 over the XBox was the complete lack of casual games for the XBox. As it happened, I won an XBox in a contest. We did pick up a couple of games for it, that are never played. I put Linux on it and now all the games played on it are from indie developers. It seems to me that if the game consoles ever want to break out of the teenage market, they should embrace indie developers. With a $700 (or was it $800) price tag on the new PS3, I don't see a lot of teenagers buying the next generation systems.
Does this mean I can pull the PSU and magnetron out of an old microwave oven and build a wireless network jammer?
I don't know about dismantling your microwave oven. However, I do know that the microwave oven in my kitchen jams the connection between my AP and laptop if I get within 2' of the microwave. It also jams my cordless phone, wireless joystick, and any other device I've used near it that operates at 2.4GHz. Come to think of it, the cordless phone also jams my wireless network and joystick. It's a real pain when I'm playing a game and my wife hands me the phone. So I'd say your answer is yes.
I'm probably wrong... However, I thought the concern of "hurt the makers of Free/OSS software" was based on the fee imposed by the license. From TFA: "Anyone wanting to use the name must demonstrate their software is reasonably secure and pay a small licensing fee." Granted the article says nothing about how much this small fee is or what the terms are.
This town in Missouri is polluted as hell, and their temperature dropped 2 degrees in the past decade! Global warming? Clearly it doesn't exist!"
Hey, that's pretty cool! Now what I would like to know, how did they manage to completely localize their climate? It's no small feat to completely eliminate all outside factors.
I'd love to know how these parents make time for such games. I have three kids. From time to time I sit down and play a quick game of bzflag or gauntlet with them. However, with work, house chores, dinner, homework help, and storytime (I love reading to them), I just can't find the time. I supose it might help if my wife didn't hate technology... However, I'd still love to know how they find the time.
Last I checked, no TV shows were meant to sell toxic chemicals with the intent of human consumption.That's arguable :) However, I used Joe Camel as an example because it was one of the first experiences I had with the arguement that cartoons are only for children.
It was proven in court that the Camel cigarette advertising campaigns were targeted specifically at children. That is why they were sued. Yes, I recall the news stories of the time. They went along the lines of: Cartoons are only for children. More children can identify Joe Camel than Micky Mouse. Thus Joe Camel is marketing cigarettes to children.
Quit trolling and putting words in my mouth. I never said any of these things nor implied it. What I said is that in general, kids watch cartoons more than adults do. Nothing more, nothing less. If anything, the examples at hand (the simpsons, southpark) that I am giving imply the opposite, as they are mostly watched by older audiences.
Kids watch more cartoons than adults do. I can agree with that. However, that's not what you said. it is generally kids and not adults that watch cartoons. is saying that adults do not watch cartoons.
You can see them on HBO, at the movies, through rental stores, or often times on regular cable TV. Comedy Central regularly broadcasts the southpark movie for example, which includes lots of nudity and lots of swear words. And yes, they broadcast it completely uncensored, and all of that swearing and nudity remains fully intact in its full glory.
I'll give you SouthPark. It's a bit abstract, but does include those things. However, SouthPark is the exception, not the rule. Now for a good example of what I was talking about, look at Inu Yasha. This cartoon is heavily censored in the US, as are most anime.
Hmm, guess I wasn't clear.
As it stands in the US, you have to use bittorrent (or other P2P program) to obtain uncensored material. Of course, using these programs, you face the possibility of having the FBI arrest you for violating "Community Standards", or have the MPAA sue you for copywrite violation, despite the fact that uncensored versions are not available in a legal way in the US.
This includes the DVDs.
Not really. Pay channels get away with a lot more then other outlets. However, they are still subject to Community Standards. Strangley enough, Community Standards never really reflect the Community's standards. I've never really been sure how those standards are decided. However, I suspect it involves a small group of old judges and a small group of busybody home makers that have nothing better to do than knit in the legislative chambers.
The swear words being removed out of anime is solely at the discression of the publisher, and that of the network choosing to air the show. If the publisher and somebody like cartoon network wanted to, they could add those words back in and there would be no legal retribution whatsoever.
Tell that to Joe Camel. Perhaps there wouldn't be criminal charges, but I can guarantee that they would be sued.
In the American demographic, it is generally kids and not adults that watch cartoons.
Ah yes, Animation is reserved for children in the US. Any adult that enjoys animation must have something mentally wrong with them. Never mind that animation provides a simple, cheap medium for surrealistic story telling. Nevermind that the opinion that cartoons should be reserved for children didn't exist in the US until sometime in the 80s.
I get so tired of people saying that animation is just for children. It sickens me that "Think of the children" is used as a blatant excuse for mass censorship.
As it stands in the US, you have to use bittorrent (or other P2P program) to obtain uncensored material. Of course, using these programs, you face the possibility of having the FBI arrest you for violating "Community Standards", or have the MPAA sue you for copywrite violation, despite the fact that uncensored versions are not available in a legal way in the US.
Hmm, The UN wants control of the ROOT DNS servers. I supose, if they wanted, they could take down the .com top-level domain. They could also take down the .us top-level domain. However, I missed the part where they said they wanted to control all of the DNS servers, not just the top-level. With only top-level control, they couldn't take down www.yourserver.com without taking every .com domain down. Now, whoever controls the .com DNS server could take down yourserver.com. If you really wanted US control, the safe way to go would be to get a .us domain.
Except stops all your incoming traffic from people who bookmarked your URL with the domain name and them assume your site went down when it no longer works.
Does anyone know of a Firefox extension that records the IP address of bookmarks? I remember a package a while back that did this for IE. The advantage was that you didn't have to wait for DNS lookup. Everything was stored as IP numbers.
A bit off topic, but what the heck...
The choices of distributions and programs are boundless to the point where it confuses the consumer.
Which consumer? The qualified Unix admin installing a new server? If he's confused, I'd question his qualifications. Or do you mean home users, like my Wife, kids, or Mother? They don't seem any more confused about software choice in Linux than they were in Windows. Or are you saying that Windows doesn't have any software written for it?
Moving right along, it is also gaming industry that hinders Linux growth. The popular games like The Sims, Battlefield, Total Wars, Doom, and Madden 2k6 are not developed on Linux.
I'll agree that Linux could use a few more high-end games. It would also be nice if companies would open their source a bit when they retire a game. (My Linux-native SimCity 3000 stopped working a while back. I miss it). However, that's not really where GNU/Linux is right now. GNU/Linux has taken a large part of the server market. From there, it starts to filter into tech stations. Soon some Exec sees a Linux-based desktop and wants to know if he can replace all those licensed copies of Windows in the call center. Other department heads see it and say "Me Too!". This is where GNU/Linux is today. Now, continuing the tour; Joe Sixpack, who works in cubicle 86 and now uses Linux and OpenOffice, wants to finish up at home. He knows his way around KDE or Gnome fairly well. He talks to an IT guy about how to get Linux in his home. His teenager wants to play games, and Joe likes them too. That's when gaming will have serious attention given to it. Of course, this is just the conventional path. It's about the same one DOS/Windows used, except DOS/Windows started at the desktop. I still wonder what would happen with Linux game development if someone (like EA) came out with a Linux-based game console.
This isn't to say that Linux game development isn't aready happening. It's just early in the game. GNU/Linux already has several native games, even high-end games like Doom III. Thinking of, were you thinking of the original Doom needing Wine? Doom III runs natively. I'll even go on to say that it runs better on Linux than Windows, and doesn't require as many resources.